ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2005

• CHAG CHAG-MoH collaboration was given a further boost by the development of an Administrative Instructions Document to guide the implementation of the MoU that was signed in December 2003 and make it practically operative.
  
• The strengthening of the health services delivery capacities of member institutions through the Peer Participatory Rapid Hospital Appraisal and Action mechanism was up-scaled to cover all CHAG hospitals and Polyclinics.
• In recognition of her role and the impact of her services on the health of the hard to reach rural communities in Ghana CHAG’s relationship with the Ministry of Health continues to improve while other development partners in health continue to show keen interest in collaborating with CHAG.
• Danida Health Sector Support Office remains the financier of CHAG’s Five-Year Strategic Plan (2003 – 2007).
• Funding from Government of Ghana continues to form a significant proportion of the total revenues of CHAG hospitals and clinics.  This forms between 45 – 60% of the total operational revenues.  However, about 80% of this goes into salaries of about 7,000 CHAG health staff.
• About 2% of the total health fund (Donor Pooled Fund) is allocated to CHAG facilities.  It is important to note however that when this against the proportion of health services delivered by CHAG health institutions it will be easy to state that there is high level of inequity here.
• CHAG and her members worked hard to ensure the granting of provisional accreditation to all members as Service Providers with the Accreditation Board of the National Health Insurance Council. Our duty now is for member institutions to close their ranks and work harder towards ensuring the continuous renewal of their accreditation for now and into the future.